toxictalon74

I did multiply the price by 1000, but made a mistake when entering the number with an accidental decimal, consider it fixed.

Talon Aerospace is proud to present its next new Factory model, the new Valkyrie 2/991 - 1. A jumbo liner with the luxury of a cruise ship and the capacity of a true Jumbo class liner at 216 passengers who all get to experience thanks to the placement of the engines quite far on the wings, a smooth comforting flight at an optimal altitude of 7000 metres, where this Airliner will have a range of 4100km at a cruising speed of 180m/s. It comes with the price tag of 355,408,000 Kredits and a few other luxuries for passengers such as hefty stores of tea and coffee and the option for emotional baggage to be stored within the nose storage of the aircraft, something which may allow some of the upper class to even take a vehicle with this aircraft rather than via a specialised cargo variant. And in regards for passenger advantages compared to some other vessels that one may see, it has great views and for the pilots this plane will take off comfortably at about 80m/s and glide decently well, the reverse thrust of its two Goliath engines also provide a great way to slow the plane down prior to landing where the breaks and engines can be used in conjunction with one another to allow for decently short landings for a plane of its weight. Further more all characteristics given here are under near full load and it is most certain that at lower fuel loads after long flights, where it may lose up to 18% of its mass, this airliner will certainly be both more responsive and capable of potentially even greater cruising speeds near the end of its flights. https://kerbalx.com/Toxictalon74/Valkyrie-2991-1 It can be found here (Pictured here during its ascent to cruising altitude)

They are practically on top of one another and I've tried the wings further forward and further back. Only change in lift I got was when I angled a single section of wing upwards which seemed to trigger lift across the entire wing, same for the tail section as well.

I do full well want to work on it further, again the P is there for prototype. I'm still confused as to how the wings have been acting over a few hours of testing too. Producing either no lift at all or way too much. I mean with wings the size they are it should be a decent glider yet once below 90m/s it just drops.

Talon Aerospace presents the first of its Supersonic designs, the 4/557 - 1 - P A large supersonic jetliner that functions at heights upwards of 23,000 metres and will get you where ever you need to go in record time. Disclaimer : Will not go beyond 2000kilometres. For best cruising altitude during its maiden flight to be delivered to thhe KSP centre for your testing it seemed to find itself best at 22,700 where it achieved outstanding fuel efficiency though its highest speed had been achieved at an earlier 18,500 metres. Warnings that come with this prototype: - It handles poorly, sort of like a brick. - It takes quite a bit of effort to get off the ground - It's service ceiling is not yet known, take higher than 23,500 at your own risk - Careful of landing, it does not handle low speeds particularly well(for reasons I don't know as of yet, I'm not sure I fully understand how the new lift system works when compared to 1.0(which is when I last played) ) Oh and it comes for the price of 92,023,000. This may be a prototype but we may have pre-production variants ready for sale within short time! https://kerbalx.com/Toxictalon74/Valkyrie-4557-1-Astral-P (Running into getting issues on the download link so image is here too.)

This is it. During an earlier part of my test flight. Also link should work now.

Let me Introduce the first of the Valkyrie Series. The Valkyrie 2/126 - 1 Not only is it a little bundle of raw speed but it's engine location and the high mounted wings provides the passengers a great view of the world below from up to a great maximum altitude of well over 6000 metres! Not only this but it comes with a range of 1250 km and the ability to go supersonic for brief periods if needed through the use of afterburners. It's quad engine design means that even in the case of engine failure it also won't throw itself wildly off course. https://kerbalx.com/Toxictalon74/Valkyrie-Series-2126-1 It comes with the fact it is the first produced by the Talon Aerospace Company. And comes with the cheap cheap price tag of 1,908,500 for 40 seats! Best range is achieved within the 1700 to 2300 metre range though further testing may be required, thrust for this is recommended at about 80%. If a speed of 305 or so M/S is not achieved thrust may be raised to 90%. Apologies for link issues.

2/10 not long enough Still, it makes my original entry look tiny! D:

28 Turbos? Woah, well, I got a 12 engined 94.4t Prop plane, which is what was gonna be my original entrance, but I guess I gotta go further now, will most likely begin updating the scoreboards on Monday as well. But for now, heres a quick video of my original entry, which weighed in at 94.4 tons, is 36.5m wide, 27.7m wide and 9.4m tall. I'll be working out the points later, and possibly redoing the system due to this weight apparantly = 944 points alone(alot compared to the bonuses...) Will not be doing the range test, nor do I believe it can carry much, since it struggles a bit anyway in most cases with its current weight. I did intially plan to do a video, but apparantly theres a runtime issue with KSP and my recording software,etc. I have no idea how to solve it, so heres some pictures instead. Vrak 156-B on the runway And here is it in the air http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/29616984105187813/5964DE6AEB8B69BD7654319BB770D1751E366E2F/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:640&composite-to=*,*|1024:640&background-color=black

I've never used KJR, though I understand it in general, I believe its allowed, I will be letting the community of whoever tries to do this challenge, to choose what mods are unfair, though if it is blatantly obvious I will ban it very quickly.

Thank you for the suggestions, and I do have my own entry, I will refine the rules about mods soon as well, though as it should go, generally unbalanced parts as well as mods like Hyperedit are certainly not allowed. As for my own submission, I will be uploading a video of it later today, if anyone wants to put their own in before then, they can do so.

The objective of this challenge will be for a competition for 4 category's, which are the following: - Range - Weight - Size - Transport capacity(optional) You can enter into just one of them, or all 4. The points are gained in the following fashion, Range: +1 for each Kilometre you flew before running out of fuel +1 for each Kilometre(1000 metres) of altitude you can achieve before engines begin flaming out. +10 for each circumnavigation of the planet(Kerbin), Polar or along the equator. Weight: +1 for each 0.1 of mass +10 for a mass of over 20 tons +15 for a mass over 50 tons +20 for a mass over 100 tons +10 if your cargo weights over 10 tons Size: +1 for each 0.1 in height +1 for each 0.5 in width or length +5 if its over 9 metres tall, and 25 metres long and wide +50 if your plane is taller than it is wide(weird plane award) Transport Capacity: +1 for each 0.1 mass of the cargo +5 if you can detach the cargo in the air without it self destructing +5 If the cargo lands unharmed There will also be a few bonus ways to acquire points Old Fashioned - Use propeller engines(+10) Gotta go fast! - Go over the speed of sound(+15) Kerbal style - Land your plane backwards(+50) Long range - Your plane can refuel in flight (+25) Where'd the air go? - You went sub orbital(No rapiers or rockets though)(+20) Efficient - Use just 2 engines(+10) Partying - Have a capacity of Kerbels over 50(+25) Low budget - Land on the Island Airstrip at some point(+10) Penalities - How to land for dummies - When landing, end up crashing the plane(-50) Whats going on here? - Your plane loses some parts in the air that are not intentionally lost (like drop tanks)(-25) The camera is dirty - Your plane is a drone(no kerbals) on board (-25) There will also be a set of rules, they are the following: No infiniglide Pictures or a video will be required for proof. Pictures can be taken in hanger, or in flight to prove the weight of a plane and its size, however, there must be a picture of it flying. If you crash the plane and awaken the Kraken, it is only your own fault. No use of the debug console(Infinite fuel, unbreakable joints, etc) The use of drop tanks is permitted, but they do not count as cargo capacity, and so cannot be counted open in that way. The mods that will not be allowed is anything that will generally add unbalanced parts, as well as no mods like Hyper edit. There will be a stock and modded score board, and there will be five separate scoreboards, with 4 for the specialized category's and one for the best overall plane. Best overall Stock 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Best range Stock 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Best weight Stock 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Best size stock 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Best cargo capacity stock 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Best overall Modded 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Best range Modded 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Best weight Modded 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Best size Modded 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Best cargo capacity Modded 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Good luck to anyone who takes up this challenge

why are my entries basically ignored?

Second entry, the mark C actually is faster despite the higher weight and drag... because it didnt disintegrate like the mark A

Well heres my first entry, Hiyakoshishi Mark A, reached around 4.4 mach before it imploded, using far, as the video shows. Using far and I lack the DRE mod.